Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Recent hires, promotions, and recognition for antitrust attorneys, (Nov 7, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The ABA’s Antitrust Section Hall of Fame-inism honorees include current and former Antitrust Division and FTC officials.

ABA Hall of Fame-inism. The ABA’s Antitrust Law Section honored four prominent attorneys by inducting them into its Hall of Fame-inism. The Hall of Fame-inism honors those who have made contributions as role models and in promoting women in the antitrust, consumer protection, and data privacy fields. Honorees have consistent track records of supporting and promoting women, individually through things like mentoring, sponsoring, hiring, and creating leadership opportunities, to systemic change for which the honorees have pushed, such as resisting and changing structures, institutions, and other forms of systemic gender inequality.

The Hall’s 2025 inductees are:

• Patty Brink is an Assistant Chief in the Antitrust Division’s International Section. She joined the Division in 1989 after graduating from the University of California, Davis King Hall. Patty has held a variety of positions at the Division; most notably, she was a Trial Attorney for 15 years, Special Counsel for Microsoft Decree Enforcement, the Deputy Director of Operations from 2006-2010, and the Director of Civil Enforcement from 2010 to 2019.

• Deborah Garza is a founding partner of Rule, Garza, Howley LLP. She has served as a trusted advisor to firms for over 40 years on strategic transactions, civil and criminal investigations and litigation. In addition to her years of private practice, she has served in key government enforcement and policy roles, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department; Chair of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, a bi-partisan blue ribbon commission created by Congress to advise Congress and the President on the state of U.S. antitrust enforcement; and co-chair of the International Competition Policy Expert Group.

• Maureen Ohlhausen is the co-chair of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s antitrust and competition practice. A partner in the Washington, D.C., office, she advises industry-leading clients on complex antitrust and litigation matters, with a focus on high-profile cases. Sought after for her depth of experience on antitrust and FTC-related issues, Ohlhausen is known for her relationships with officials in the U.S. and abroad.

• Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was sworn in as a FTC Commissioner on May 2, 2018, and her controversial firing by President Trump earlier this year is in litigation. She has extensive experience in competition, privacy, and consumer protection. Before joining the FTC, Slaughter served as Chief Counsel to Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the Democratic Leader.

Other recognition. Proskauer announced that eight of its practice areas and 35 of its lawyers have been ranked in Benchmark Litigation’s 2026 U.S. guide. The Firm’s Antitrust/Competition, Bankruptcy, Labor & Employment and Product Liability practices received a Tier 1 ranking and four were named Tier 2.

Sidley announced that it has been ranked in 11 national practice areas, including Competition/Antitrust – with a Tier 1 placement in seven categories – in Benchmark Litigation 2026, recognizing the firm’s broad capabilities across litigation.

New hires. Cleary Gottlieb, a global leader in competition law, announced the appointment of Raif Hassan as a competition litigation partner in London. Hassan’s practice focuses on high-stakes competition disputes, alongside cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration. He brings more than a decade of specialist experience in private damages actions, as well as cross-border contentious commercial and restructuring matters, across a range of sectors and industries.

Promotions. Latham & Watkins LLP announced that 40 associates have been elected to the partnership and another 56 associates have been promoted to the role of counsel, effective January 1, 2026. The 40 associates elected to the partnership as members of the firm’s member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice include: Robin Gushman (Bay Area) and David Johnson (Washington, D.C.). The 56 associates promoted to counsel as members of the firm’s member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice include: Yanyan Yang (Hong Kong), Carlos Betoret (Madrid), Niklas Brüggemann (Munich), Giuseppe Liotine (Brussels), Simon Troch (Brussels), and Molly Barron (Washington, D.C.).

Attorneys: Patty Brink, Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Deborah Garza (Rule, Garza, Howley LLP). Maureen Ohlhausen (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati). (Sidley). (Proskauer). Raif Hassan (Cleary Gottlieb). Robin Gushman, David Johnson, Yanyan Yang, Carlos Betoret, Niklas Brüggemann, Giuseppe Liotine, Simon Troch, and Molly Barron (Latham & Watkins LLP).

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